Kafka REST Proxy

The kafka-rest output plugin, allows to flush your records into a Kafka REST Proxy server. The following instructions assumes that you have a fully operational Kafka REST Proxy and Kafka services running in your environment.

Configuration Parameters

Key

Description

default

Host

IP address or hostname of the target Kafka REST Proxy server

127.0.0.1

Port

TCP port of the target Kafka REST Proxy server

8082

Topic

Set the Kafka topic

fluent-bit

Partition

Set the partition number (optional)

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Message_Key

Set a message key (optional)

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Time_Key

The Time_Key property defines the name of the field that holds the record timestamp.

@timestamp

Time_Key_Format

Defines the format of the timestamp.

%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S

Include_Tag_Key

Append the Tag name to the final record.

Off

Tag_Key

If Include_Tag_Key is enabled, this property defines the key name for the tag.

_flb-key

TLS / SSL

Kafka REST Proxy output plugin supports TTL/SSL, for more details about the properties available and general configuration, please refer to the TLS/SSL section.

Getting Started

In order to insert records into a Kafka REST Proxy service, you can run the plugin from the command line or through the configuration file:

Command Line

The kafka-rest plugin, can read the parameters from the command line in two ways, through the -p argument (property), e.g: